Friendly Persuasion
1956
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Walter Leland Catlett (February 4, 1889 – November 14, 1960) was an American actor and comedian. He made a career of playing excitable, meddlesome, temperamental ...
Walter Catlett was a versatile actor, writer and producer who played excitable, officious blowhards in films such as Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Bringing Up Baby and Beau James. He also appeared in vaudeville, opera and Disney's Pinocchio. He died of a stroke in 1960 at the age of 71.
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- San Francisco, California, USA
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Walter Catlett. Actor: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. Walter Catlett carved out a career for himself playing excitable, officious blowhards, and few actors did it better. A San Francisco native, he started out in vaudeville - with a detour for a while in opera - before breaking into films in the mid-1920s. Two of his best remembered roles were as the stage manager driven to distraction by James ...
- February 4, 1889
- November 14, 1960
Died Nov. 14, 1960 in Motion Picture and Television Country House, CA. B orn in San Francisco, Walter Catlett ended 30 years on the legitimate stage when he made his film debut in 1929. Since then he had been characterized as the fidgety, google-eyed comic in scores of motion picture roles. In 1930, Catlett signed a long-term contract to direct ...
Walter Catlett was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career from 1929 to 1957. He appeared in various films, such as Pinocchio, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and Bringing Up Baby, and received high ratings from critics and audiences.
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCreditNo Score YetNo Score YetGov. Alfred E. "Al" Smith (Character)No Score YetNo Score YetMayor Colton (Character)No Score YetNo Score YetMayor George Colton (Character)No Score YetNo Score YetMayor Colton (Character)Walter Catlett is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes Pinocchio, Bringing Up Baby, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Friendly Persuasion, The Front Page, The Boy with Green Hair, and The Inspector General.
Walter Catlett was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Catlett's career in acting began with his roles in various films like the J Harold Murray adaptation "Married in Hollywood" (1929), "The Golden Calf" (1930) and "Let's Go Places" (1930).
